The article below has some good stuff, but it also misses some of my personal favorite points about how European artists were effected by Japanese art. In the mid/late 1800’s, European art …
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8 Great Artists Who Were Inspired by Japan
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The Sound of the Wind
“Winter solitude- in a world of one color the sound of the wind.” ― Bashō Matsuo From yesterday’s post: As a child, I collected the little cards with Japanese prints that came in …
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Hiroshige’s Rainy Moments
From Wikipedia: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese: 歌川 広重), also Andō Hiroshige (Japanese: 安藤 広重; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition. …
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Paul Horiuchi
Paul Horiuchi 1906-1999 From Greg Kucera Gallery: It is said that Japanese artists invented collage over 800 years ago; some say Horiuchi perfected it. His work has been described as …
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